Topic: Vista Readiness Advisor.

[mistybear]

http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-3672_7-6671810.html

[Clive]

That's very useful MB.  A good find!!  My computer failed the test. 

 
    CPU
CNET recommends: Pentium 4/Athlon equivalent or better
You Have: 2 processors running - Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz  PASS   
 CPU Speed
CNET recommends: 1.4 GHz or better
You Have: 3.07 GHz Performance Rated at 4.61 GHz  PASS   
 System RAM
CNET recommends: 1 GB or better
You Have: 1023.5 MB  PASS   
 Video Card
CNET recommends: 64 MB 100% DirectX 9 graphic card with Pixel Shader 2.0 hardware support (NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200+ / ATI Radeon 9550+ / Intel GMA 950+)
You Have: RADEON 9200 SE (RADEON 9200 SE AGP (0x5964))  FAIL: Sorry, your video card does not meet this minimum requirement. Upgrading to a more powerful video card will make all your applications look better. Click the 'We Recommend' button to see some great options. 
 Video Card Features - Minimum attributes of your Video Card  Video RAM: Required - 64 MB or better , You have - 128.0 MB
 Video Card 3D Acceleration: Required - Yes , You have - Yes
 Pixel Shader Ver.: Required - 2.0 , You have - 1.4
 
 
 DirectX Version
CNET recommends: DirectX 9.0 or better
You Have: 9.0c   PASS   
 Free Disk Space
CNET recommends: 15 GB or better
You Have: 62.4 GB  PASS   
 Hard Disk Capacity
CNET recommends: 20 GB or better
You Have: 76.3 GB  PASS   
 DVD
CNET recommends: Yes
You Have: TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H552B   PASS, but the speed could not be analyzed.   
 Sound Card
CNET recommends: Yes
You Have: Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device   PASS   
 Sound Card Driver Version
Your driver version number is: 5.1.2535.0   FYI: Your sound card driver version is provided for your information, but it is not part of this analysis.   
 Operating System
You have: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)   FYI: Your operating system is provided here for your information only.
 
 

[davy51]

I dont suppose i will be using vista lol



basic home user



        
   CPU
CNET recommends: Pentium 4/Athlon equivalent or better
You Have: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.40GHz
      FAIL: Sorry, your CPU does not meet this minimum requirement. You may need to purchase a more powerful computer to run Windows Vista.   
   CPU Speed
CNET recommends: 1.4 GHz or better
You Have: 2.40 GHz
      PASS   
   System RAM
CNET recommends: 1 GB or better
You Have: 1023.5 MB
      PASS   
   Video Card
CNET recommends: 64 MB 100% DirectX 9 graphic card with Pixel Shader 2.0 hardware support (NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200+ / ATI Radeon 9550+ / Intel GMA 950+)
You Have: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 (GeForce FX 5200)
      PASS   
   Video Card Features - Minimum attributes of your Video Card
   
   Video RAM: Required - 64 MB or better , You have - 128.0 MB
   Video Card 3D Acceleration: Required - Yes , You have - Yes
   Pixel Shader Ver.: Required - 2.0 , You have - 2.0
   
   DirectX Version
CNET recommends: DirectX 9.0 or better
You Have: 9.0c
       PASS   
   Free Disk Space
CNET recommends: 15 GB or better
You Have: 102.5 GB
      PASS   
   Hard Disk Capacity
CNET recommends: 20 GB or better
You Have: 111.8 GB
      PASS   
   DVD
CNET recommends: Yes
You Have: GENERIC DVD RW 16XMax
       PASS, but the speed could not be analyzed.   
   Sound Card
CNET recommends: Yes
You Have: Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device
       PASS   
   Sound Card Driver Version
Your driver version number is: 5.1.2535.0
       FYI: Your sound card driver version is provided for your information, but it is not part of this analysis.   
   Operating System
You have: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
       FYI: Your operating system is provided here for your information only.   
        
      

[Simon]

Mine also failed - but only on lack of system RAM.  512Mb installed, 1Gb recommended.  That's just for the basic version.  Additional upgrades would be required for other Vista versions.  Looks like I'll be waiting a while, but seeing as they have already announced SP1, it looks like, similarly to XP, they are selling us public beta versions!  I think I'll hold on till it's finished, by which time, most of my other software will have caught up.  My guess is that XP is good for at least another 2 years.

[davy51]

linux is starting to look better and better

if not for the installing programs i would be there already

[sam]

well its now pretty easy to install programs in linux, just use the inbuilt installers and most now come precompiled. Of course, you cant use all the windows tools you are familiar with, well you can emulate some but not all.